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Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Gregory Nagy, teacher of "Literature and Arts C-14: The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization," an ardent supporter of pre-registration for Core classes, says that trying to train his TFs after the course has begun can often end up "shortchanging both the teacher and the student...
...direct discourse, a play in a play already," observed Fagles. When ancient Greek rhapsodes performed dramatic recitals of epic poems from memory as their profession, the epic each time would be "performed by one person in a variety of voices." Presumably, such a virtuoso story teller could have "the talents of a ventriloquist" in playing all characters...
Fagles himself did the bulk of narration (in mellifluous tones) with one telling detail: Some passages were read in the original language. Hearing beautiful, flowing ancient Greek resound off the walls of the Agassiz called up the usual fears: what gets lost in the translation and whether the language, even in translation, might sound unavoidably foreign to modern ears. What to tell those who remember with bemusement from school days legions of tripods, endless libations and the wine-dark...
...early Cynics were real characters, no doubt about it. Advocates of the doggy life, the Cynics were a breed of mad philosophers, terrorizing Greek antiquity with their rough-edged wisdom. Diogenes, probably the most famous Cynic, is well known for his outlandish behavior and his adoration of the "natural life." When a helpful Alexander asked the doggy sage what he could do to aid him, Diogenes replied, "Get out of my light...
Among other courses mentioned as attended by teammates are Psychology 1, Literature and Arts A-14: Chaucer, Literature and Arts B-51: First Nights, Literature and Arts C-14: The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization, Science B-29: Human Behavioral Biology, Science B-40: The Biology of Trees and Forests, Historical Study B-42: The American Civil War 1861-1865 and Chemistry 5: Introduction to Principles of Chemistry...